An Unstable, Nutty Plagiarist Looks in the Mirror

Maureen Dowd, a person who committed what in my profession is normally an unforgivable sin that should have gotten her fired and then barred from getting any work outside of a McD's or a 7-11, apparently woke up this morning, looked in the mirror, and said this about herself:

You're one nutty puppy ... erratic and egoistic behavior ... exquisite battiness ... solipsistic meltdown so strange ... incoherent, breathless and prickly ... country-music melodramas ... girlish burbling ...

Oh, sorry. It seems that she said this about Sarah Palin. A bit of projection perhaps?
Why do they continue to pay Dowd's salary anyway? If you had a cook at McD's who went down to Burger King, stole some Whoppers, and then tried to pass them off as Quarter Pounders rather than cook the food himself, he would be arrested and then fired. Plagiarism is no different than this. As an editor, nothing upsets me more than a so-called writer who plagiarizes. Not only is the person a thief, but the person thinks I am a fool and takes pleasure in wasting my time. Someone with that much contempt for her bosses and her profession should not be allowed to continue working as a writer.
On the other hand, I would love to work at a place like the New York Times, where one can pull down a six figure salary for doing nothing but cut and paste, drinking cocktails with friends on Park Avenue, and whining about one's betters. It must be the life.